Love this Didion selection. Trying to be enough, or writing stories that explore enoughness and its limitations, seems like all we can do. The good enough parent (Winnicott), the good enough storyteller. (*says a total pain in the ass Capricorn striver)
I was also thinking about how Didion is the queen of withholding - I noticed how much she *doesn't* say in Blue Nights, how much we're left to read between the lines, and how that builds a beautiful tension in the book.
So beautiful.
Can’t wait to join you upcoming book deal class to finalize on my own adoption-adjacent memoir a la Didion.
I'm so excited to have you! XO
Love this Didion selection. Trying to be enough, or writing stories that explore enoughness and its limitations, seems like all we can do. The good enough parent (Winnicott), the good enough storyteller. (*says a total pain in the ass Capricorn striver)
I was also thinking about how Didion is the queen of withholding - I noticed how much she *doesn't* say in Blue Nights, how much we're left to read between the lines, and how that builds a beautiful tension in the book.